Montana State football - Brent Vigen recapping New Mexico win, previewing Utah Tech matchup

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quarter cut it to 10 cut it you know made it a two-score game I think we felt like at that point it was Within Reach and uh you know what we needed is uh we need to make some plays from that point forward and we did that um there was a few plays that they didn't make on the flip side we certainly didn't make them all in the fourth quarter um but but ultimately you know with with the big big play on Adam's run you know I think we were right around five at that point uh now down three I think everybody on our sideline felt like okay here we go and I would guess there was some doubt creeping in on on their side and that's just the way this game game goes and and fortunately the defense was able to get the ball back for the offense and um you know that that two-minute drive that our offense put together um with a timeout in hand um you know got I think only in a one third down through that whole stretch um maybe two at the end I guess it was two you know we made big plays on those third Downs uh was really impressive that's you practiced those situations a lot I think uh when you have a quarterback like Tommy that's been in been in a few of those situations through the course of his career uh the moment certainly wasn't too big for him and um you he executed real well we had some guys on the other end of those those catches uh certainly that uh those throws that made some good catches and then offensive line wise we we stood up to a lot of pressure through that stretch and um ultimately got it down there and you know uh first and goal uh we'd hoped to preserve a little bit more time than we did but ultimately we scored on that play we still had a time out of hand so you know it was great to get that touchdown and get the extra point to make it a four-point game and and ultimately just have to play a couple more snaps of defense after that so extremely uh pleased with the outcome um and I think our guys took a good look at it this morning and our coaches did as we went through things yesterday and and again understand that there's a lot to improve upon and you know that's really what we need to see out of this week is is a step forward uh we have another opponent in Utah Tech that there's a lot of uncertainty even though we played them last year um that's a lot of games ago and and for them it's a a lot of different players uh a new coach um a new coaching staff and obviously we're going to their place this year so a new environment this game will be played and so you know we got to really focus on what we can do to get better while again predicting to some degree what we think Utah Tech will do and in this game on on Saturday night uh another game we'll be dealing with uh the elements I think it'll be probably 90 Plus at 8:00 on on Saturday night um so I I appreciate how our guys did work through that this past Saturday and you we'll need to do that again down in St George so with that I'll open up for questions mentioned or you talked about kind of being little off guard with some of the plays how much do you think not um New Mexico being kind of so uncertain going in how much did that play up Factor especially in the start you know honestly I think the start not much um the the the pressure that they brought where they got the sack fumble was something we prepared against we did didn't get off quickly enough on the interior um Tommy hang hung onto the ball a little too long and ultimately they made that play I think where you know where things shifted a little bit was the their drive before the half when they went to that that bigger Personnel package on offense um I know that uh was a two-play sequence they ran the ball for I think a significant game then the quarterback pulled it they went back to that a few times in the second half I think ultimately that that heavier package what they did we did stop them um we got attacked for a loss which created a longer field goal in the fourth quarter but that was one thing that they had shown I think ultimately how much pressure they brought as the game went along you know it was it was pressures that they'd shown going back in time but it wasn't maybe at that frequency so I think we adjusted uh fairly well I think the things that went against us again were unfortunate things that we're are doing at times and then they made some plays I I know the passes downfield when we get pass interferences that's nothing scheme wise it was poorly played balls in the air by a couple of our guys um you know so you just it's a handful of things that go on both sides and ultimately you know we again find ourselves down 17 right away after the play in the second the beginning of the second half the the scoop and score and um you know for our defense to ultimately not give up any points in the second half now they moved it a little bit um I think that's something we didn't talk much about uh after the game on Saturday that was obviously pretty significant they missed a couple field goals and and really the wind picking up and really changing some of the Dynamics of the the game the passing game you know I I think we're chasing points but it was really hard to throw through a stretch um obviously their second Miss field goal I put that on the Wind entirely um so yeah it was an interesting interesting game in a lot of ways but ultimately the newness piece you know I think played a role but wasn't really significant and Tommy R didn't run you know nearly as much as he has almost every game of his career I know a lot of a lot of just hands off on on reads was it as simple as a lot of reads or was there any kind of design to not run them too much well I think you know we're looking at a a 12 game regular season right now um I think we're going to be a little bit more selective uh when we choose to run him you know with the amount of of Reed uh game that we do having a run game um you know a defense can can dictate that at times um you know and if that means the ball is going to the running backs more often than it's in his hands I I think that's we're fine with that so I think that would be an intentional thought I you know even his touchdown run really should have been Adam running it it was a high snap uh I think Adam scores a little bit easier than Tommy had to score on that play but you know um yeah will need to use his legs from time to time but the volume I I think isn't going to be what we've seen in the past and you talked about that two-minute Drive I High's catch right before to set up that Scot tray run into the end zone can you talk about his ability to make that catch yeah it was uh you know there's two ends to that I think Tommy while maybe early in the game um was getting out of the pocket at times and and not continuing to see things I think as that game went along he did a much better job and on that that play and there was a couple in that that sequence you know he hung in there um you know Tai sat down like he should uh Tommy put a a catchable ball in his vicinity it was closely guarded so the ball brought tie down like he I'm sure Tommy intended and you know we needed to make that play and and that's you know that's why Tai's out there is to to make those catches so you know um getting that ball inside the five that was a third down prob we would have you know traded fourth down would have depended on the distance quite frankly I think we were close enough where we're kicking a field goal and tying the game up was an option but you know I I I'm glad that we were able to make that play and ultimately win the game in regulation yeah we also heard that Tai kind of had a halftime for the guys can you just talk about um his leadership and how it's even maybe taken a step up the season yeah that that was somewhere in between when I had G in there um but Ty's a really Fierce competitor and you know I think Tai coming here to Montana States um you know a lot of it had to do with his competitive Spirit as much as he was motivated to you know catch passes and all that kind of things I I want to win and you know um he's a he's a fiery competitor that I think what what's evolved in him and it is in most of our transfer guys that are multiple Year guys you know they turn the page into year two their comfort level of of of stepping up and leading whether it's been Tai now or you know I think what we've seen with with Julius um Sean Chambers Cay van Thomas I mean we've got a bunch of those guys that have been these two year guys um yeah he's he's really stepped up within that group uh of that has quite a few young guys so um appreciate whatever Tai must have said at halftime to make a impression on the guys but I would imagine it was just uh hey we're not out of this we gotta go we got to go compete fellas and and um ultimately that's what we did our family on our mom's side has a deep Montana history especially stemming from but and Helena and we are so proud one of the things we are most proud of is to call ourselves montanans and up top clothing they have Montana made and Montana branded clothing for both men and women their Montana TIY diey collection is one of my favorite collections anywhere in the clothing world and you can shop online and get the Montana till I diey collection and all the other great gear that uptop clothing makes delivered right to your doorstep visit team uptop dcom and if you use the promo code Skyline 15 you're going to get a discount on all your online ordering team uptop dcom uptop clothing reminding you to take a step back and enjoy the um few new guys in the o line right tackle Cedric Conor deard what you kind of see that well we played well enough to win uh it wasn't uh one perfect and and it wasn't going to be I I think looking at guys like cedc and Titan really playing their first extended time um they had both had some some plays here and there uh you know Titans go back over the course of two years set as a true freshman last year but I I they both held their own um you know Conor moving in I I think that's just a sign of of maturity in his you know uh with his Evolution so to speak you know you play 12 games as a red shirt freshman you you do the things he did last year you know then we we figured we could stretch him um going back to the spring playing him at guard a little bit for potential of this um and our next best mode was to you know to put Titan and to put cedrick in rather than manufacture some other guards so to put our our you know I think our best two linemen in Connor and Marcus at the guard positions and then be able to plug the next two best guys we felt like in a tackle was why we ended up um you know looking a lot different on Saturday than we would have in our first depth chart we put out at the beginning of fall camp but that's that's a credit to Coach Johnson getting those guys ready it's a credit to those guys you know um whether it is any one of those guys in the interior um you know Cole's mind going into this year is he was going to be a starting guard and you know he had her two tackles both sliding in play guard it's a it's them understanding what we're trying to do it's it's that plan being clearly articulated to them by Coach Johnson myself I guess and those guys just say what's ever best for the team and um I think they you know they performed admirably ran for a lot of yards but I I know there's there's plenty of R for improvement too um and then obviously you know only Big Sky team playing last week but players the week Adam yeah I don't know how that works I guess um they're up against each other I suppose uh you know I think in a given week where where there are some other teams playing especially early in season I hope that Adam's performance would have uh stuck out and he would have been in the mix cuz um he did some phenomenal things I the run is what catches everybody's eyes but he protected well um that that catch that he had I think uh that got us inside the 20 got us a first down on that play he had cut uh a Defender cut block a Defender he did just stop pass protection rolled out and really made a challenging catch um so and then I I know Brennan's impact is significant on a day like that where they have to they fair catch two balls inside the 10 um he changed the field in both those instances really kept them from wanting to go after another drive before the half and he kept ping the ball in the end zone even with that wind in the second half um keeping keeping them to zero return yards in the game was all his doing really I I mean that's that's significant and you know Kate I think was all over the place um statistically had a good game and you know that's what we expect on him um mentioned Titan um what kind of impressed you most just both physically as as an off line but also mentally and being able to come back from all those injuries yeah you think about Titan's Journey um he was signed and recruited when I got the job but obviously you know framewise getting a chance to I guess get to know him a little bit over a zoom initially liked liked the prospects I guess and he came in that first fall and you could see athletically again and that that frame okay we have this developmental type tackle that we want um but then he ends up having uh shoulder double shoulder surgery that first fall um played I I think it was just a game maybe that second year and he'd put on all his weight at the same time so he was he really wasn't what he ultimately could be and then he fast forward again injury problems last year so I would say the same thing and so now he's settled into this first stretch of of football where okay the size the weight the height all that stuff and then this this appreciation for being able to play the game is what is maybe the most most apparent thing with him you know a lot of guys get injured like he has um they turn away from the game they they don't want to keep finding a way fighting through it and and that's the exact opposite of Titan um he's so grateful for where he's at right now and and um you know that's a contagious type of personality to have on your football team uh just how much he appreciates this and you know if that's just how he was brought up or who he is I I mean I think a lot of credit goes to a lot of people before he got here namely his his upbringing with his parents and his family but you know um really appreciate his perseverance to get to this point and um it was great you know for him to go out there and play the way he did and you know um hopefully that's just the beginning of a great run for him and a kicker C case he's not on the dep chart so that Pi about that but then also s said mil Sans said making all all the P what your thoughts on that yeah um Casey unfortunately was the previous Saturday uh had a slight quad I don't even know what you want to exrain let's just call it what it is I guess uh didn't know how serious it would be uh tried to to rehab and get him back out there through through Monday and Tuesday I think it became apparent that you know this is going to be a couple week deal and and really we hadn't determined who was going to kick who was going to place kick at that point I think both Casey and Miles um you know Rose to the top as far as our H Camp uh competition went and they were very similar in their their numbers um you know charting every day um having something competitive most every day of fall Camp so I think when we had to turn the miles um felt comfortable with that and you know ultimately um you know we only put him in a position to kick the five Pats but again as that game went went along that was easier said than done too so you know to have a you know all those five go through and you know I think it was a great start from a place kicking perspective this year we'll see where it continues to take us um you know chose not to kick a 49 yard field goal early in the first quarter and that was you know I I was going to kind of hold strong to the 30 yard line where we were going to we were going to kick and we weren't there and we had a good play designed unfortunately Taco fell on that fourth and eight um I think he would have been wide open there and that's the way it went it wasn't that we ultimately can't make a 49 y with Miles um that was just my thought process going in and you know uh we'll need him to build off that performance here in second game it's the first game with the coordinators in their new roles officially how did you see ba and Walker in those roles yeah I thought on that side of things um I think our communication was good I I think how they saw the game how we adjusted to some things you know um you know going back to what what Victor had asked before for about predicting and some of those things along those lines I think we thought that uh Dan Pi would run quite a bit more um so if there was an early adjustment we made defensively it was okay you know after a bunch of series he's not out here to run because that's really what he was out in the field to do and he was very effective with it last year so adjusting some of our our thought process there I thought the defensive staff uh did a good job of just that uh I thought they worked together well at halftime again to sort out the the heavier package that uh that they went to I thought offensively we were relatively clean with with most everything um you know all the calls never work uh just the nature of of anything you do and you know the other teams obviously trying as well and we were dealing again with that chasing Point situation where it was really windy which made that stretch kind of end of the third beginning the fourth a little bit more complicated but uh I like coach Walker remained very calm through that stretch uh you know uh how we function in the twom minute um large part of the credit does go to the guy calling calling the plays and remaining remaining calm up there and you know um in between series being able to instill and Tommy you know a sense of confidence while um you know wasn't always going uh the way he wanted to was credit to Tyler Tu so I guess at the end of the day real happy with a first game from both of them you talked about Casey a little bit but any other injury injury upd yeah Elijah Elliott went down on a on a kickoff return um you know I I it would seem like he's going to be out for a few weeks and you know what the you know is that he will he be back by conference uh I hope that's the case for him but really that was about about it I know Zack black went out and he went back back back in I don't think of the guys that ultimately didn't play in this game we will get any back for this week um may be hopeful for the next week as we come home um I didn't see miles Jackson on the 2D is there any on him he should have been the starting nickel should he not he should be the starting nickel yeah kayen dollar will be starting free like we started the game okay just oh and then I guess JT is there is there any update yeah I we won't uh we won't be traveling this week I again hopeful maybe for next week U but we'll see I guess they just Utah TCH anything their offense expect yeah you know a team we played last year they do return some guys that played in that game um but more so on the defensive side and you know you got to look I think strongly they brought in a couple transfer quarterbacks so I think offensively just like last week I think you got to see that's maybe where things uh things start you know as far as um how they want to build their offense uh I know if you know if Deacon Hill from the transfer from Iowa is or starter I would would suggest to lean more to a passing passing offense um I know they they seem to like their skill based on you know what what the fall perspectus and just some of the Fall preview stuff looks like um so I you know Pro style uh to some degree I suppose but uh more a 50-50 type of offense because I do think they got some good running backs at the same time defensively you know you you certainly got to look to what coach Anderson ran at Stanford um you know he was a longtime defensive coordinator there and and they were really good through that stretch uh a lot of pig bodies I I know that a little bit different than maybe you know what they looked like last year um but definitely some guys that were on that field last year that did some good things against us so you know um we we can't practice against ghosts this week we got to be confined with what we think we're going to get and then like last week be able to get in that game and and make some adjustments um to whatever they ultimately are doing join Town pump's Pump It Up Rewards plus program and never pay full price for fuel again save 5 cents on every gallon every day at any Town Pump across Montana plus earn and redeem points on your favorite inore items to get free stuff with our clubs stop in and pick up a Rewards Card download The Pump It Up Rewards Plus app today or visit Town pump.com rewards to register and start [Music] saving coach Rod zundel I'm calling the game on ESPN plus glad to have you in town this weekend hey uh expanding on what you just talked about how do you specifically how do you prepare for a team that has completely different schemes and and where do you go uh to look at the film do you go to where Coach Stevens was at his school and mon Monahan I mean how do you go about that specifically that's what you do um I know I think defensively I think we can go back and really I think we can look at some stuff from Stanford I I think that you know because they were together at Stanford Monahan and Coach Anderson um and try to pick up the pieces in between um yeah on the offensive side it's a little bit of a search you know you um you try to do the best you can as far as looking at uh uh you know just how that's played out in previous years at those different schools I guess and like I said I mean if we got to look at both quarterbacks um and I just bring up hill just because he's the more more notable of the the quarterbacks but okay let's say he's the quarterback let's study what he's done what his strengths are um it doesn't necessarily lend itself to exact particular formations and plays or anything like that but it uh you know at least gives you an idea what he's what his strengths are um it said obviously you make your biggest improvement from game one to game two U Personnel aside scheme-wise and game planning who has the advantage you that has played a game and got it under your belt or Utah Tech that you haven't seen and don't know a lot about I think you can look at that both ways I do think there is advantage that we have played another opponent for sure we found out some things maybe about ourselves um but I I do think they do they do have a distinct advantage and they can look and say okay this is this is who Montana state is whether it's you know all of last season um certainly last week uh and really be able to dial that in I think we did feel that a little bit last week with New Mexico is they had a pretty good sense they had some good good thoughts as far as where they could maybe attack us um and we were we were guessing a little bit so so I think it works both ways I don't know that it's distinct one way or the other I I do like the fact that we do have at least a Mark we have a game behind us um and and we need to get better this week and we need to you know raise the bar um in all ways was there anyone on your team that going into game one that you weren't quite sure about or either a certain player that really said Okay that was impressive we're happy with the way that turned out or a group of guys well I would say our the two starting tackles um felt good about it obviously we put them out there for good reason but that was their first uh starts and that's that's tricky when you're throwing two new guys out there one's a a red shirt freshman and one he's a fourth year guy but he has hardly played um you know I think on defense felt really good about the collective experience there uh there weren't too many holes in that experience um I thought a couple guys you know did quite well I know we need to extend our depth a little bit more um you know on that on that side of the ball um you know happy that we made all five of our place kicks um from a guy that hadn't kicked in a game before I guess but no I think a lot of the guys that did the things that they did in the game were we were certainly counting on Final question for me um how do you keep your guys at an even level uh highly ranked coming off uh one of the biggest wins in program history against an FBS school well I think that's something we've worked real hard in certainly in my three years is each one of these games counts the same and that that is not coach speak we got to go by our our business each week and it really doesn't matter who we play and I think we've we've done a pretty good job of that over three years you know uh you get too high for a particular opponent you are naturally going to get too low for for one it's just the nature of the the Beast and while we did appreciate the opportunity to play an FBS team on national television and you know I think there's there's a lot to be said for that I think you know this next game is the next game and it's the most important and regardless of how our game against Utah Tech went last year there's a lot of new uh new things to the equation uh new piece of the equation I guess you know new coaching staff a lot of new players um new environment you know none of our players have played down in St George so um you try to keep them on edge week in week out to understand that the value of each game um is just one um I I know as games goes on and you you hopefully stack up a good record and the the gravity of games maybe intensifies but they all just count as one and and we got to treat this one really no different in that regard than last week thanks coach y Colter yeah Brent on that same note obviously you you you spoke to the message to the players in the team so much extra exposure that comes with this so how do you sort of make that a good thing and not a distraction well yeah we don't have an opportunity I mean we got Tim Brando doing our game I mean that doesn't come along every every weekend I know that uh it was funny Brody and Tommy and myself did sit down with them on Friday and I think they both came out of it and said boy they didn't really knew what they were talking about I they you guys are professionals they they uh they got to do this they got to re you know uh recalibrate every week with a new new opponent a new game and you know I said Tim Branda was originally on game day and Brody kind of looked at me like holy cow so that piece um you know being on Sports Center uh you know getting mentions you know across the board because we were a you know kind of a singular game and in the way the games the small number of games went last year I think or what last weekend it was pretty unique so I think that's all good and you got to appreciate the any kind of exposure at the national level that we do get um but then be able to move on and and I I hope a a line share of our guys have played in big games and and I think the way we're covered even though it's more lo Regional in nature I think um it's an important deal so it's not like our guys aren't aren't used to being covered I guess um so whether it's coming from a national perspective or a more Regional perspective I think they may be don't always separate it I think we do as coaches sometimes just because we know how important that reach can be for a football program for our athletic departments for our our University so yeah you just I think you move on you enjoy it all and you move on and I I know we you know we were in here at 7: am this morning and I think everybody was able to to move forward watch that film and go out and practice uh this morning relative to Utah Tech I know you and I talked about Tommy just getting the flow of the game uh um what can you say to us about the way it sort of transpired for him because it seemed like the second half he was much much better and more accurate and but also just sort of turned into Mr Clutch like he's prone to do yeah I thought I thought he kind of uh second quarter I thought he had pretty good stretch I know we didn't end and we didn't score on that two-minute Drive um that we had but I thought he he he started making some plays and started call you know I calm down it's the wrong word but just uh the game was slowing down a little bit I think you know the bullets were flying fast at the beginning and that's more I I suppose that's some some what they were doing but just you know he's he ready to go wanting to make plays and then you know when it came down to it at the end there was a there was a real comb I do believe about how he went out there and um yeah I think he did what he would have expected to do and I think he did what we would have expected of him um in in that moment and um that's that comes from experience you know uh good experiences bad experiences you know you think about last year we had you know three of those losses we had two minute drives I know he was quarterback and two of them um well quarterback in one he was on the quarterback against Idaho as Sean would have been in South Dakota State and North Dakota State but even that Idaho game uh down three touchdown to win um we move it pretty pretty good and we don't close it out so I I would hope that you know his thought process in preparing you know for this season you know you can call back on those those experiences and I know we've gone through you know we try to practice and replicate those experiences as much as possible so you know your season vet for uh all the good and the bad that's occurred in your career and you hopefully learn lessons from from both sides of those those experiences and and he's a he's a really good example of of always moving forward but maybe not forgetting you know the things that have put him in his position at the same time that leadership style always sort of being Forward Thinking and also being so stoic kind of like he is seems like it rubs off on the rest of the team I mean how important is that for the way you guys operate yeah you know offensive football in its uh most extreme moments its most intense moments it's I think that is the much better way to go about your business you know you you think about the Joe Montana pointing out John Candy in the Super Bowl right before they go on that drive um you know there's endless stories about quarterbacks going into that huddle and um that's the thing that the the other guys talk about is just okay we knew he could do it because of how he was the demeanor he had how calm if you go out there and you're frantic boy those other guys those other 10 guys are going to be frantic in their own right so um I think it's extremely critical to be able execute in those tightest moments to be um you know whether you believe it or not just to be a guy that is outward outwardly is displaying that and that's Who Tommy is anyway so I I I'm certain that our guys had a a real sense of confidence going down the stretch because of who was steering the ship and Marcus we's got a lot of um headlines the last couple months just because of all of his Great accomplishments but play him playing at guard at seemed like even vaulted his level I mean you got National draft guys talking about how this guy's going to be a starter in the NFL soon and and all these different things but how much do you how how impressed were you with his ability to slide over to Right Guard and I mean I I watched the game he's dominant yeah uh and maybe is the longterm position that does suit him better at the next level for one I know this last year he played guard against North Dakota State he hadn't practiced a lot of guard until that was that Rush Rymer was out we slid him in um we slid Jacob Kett in I think got tackle so point being we've been much more intentional and it was because it was something Marcus in the offseason I I think went to Coach Johnson was if this is going to happen I need some preparation you know so Marcus is uh Beyond being talented and strong and all that stuff um he's a a tremendous student of the game um as much as any lineman that I can think of that I've been around and you know that's studying the game but that's understanding too that I just can't slide in there and it's just going to happen because I'm a superstar so he probably went through fall Camp um and even going back to Spring ball getting a a really fair share of reps at Right Guard um and we didn't know exactly how was how Cole's situation was going to play out obviously we didn't know Justice was going to get hurt so it was done for a good reason um but in large part it was fueled by Marcus you know really making that request out of last year to say hey I need to PR prepare more inside so um I think that as much as just his ability allowed him to go in there and and really shine uh on Saturday because uh it is two different worlds and it's it's different type of guys you're blocking it's different angles it's all that stuff and you know it appeared that he was absolutely ready for the task you mentioned the little things that Adam Jones did in that game and when he came on the show a couple weeks ago he was talking about how one of the hardest parts of B1 football for him was like the pass blocking stuff like he wasn't really required to ever do when he was in high school how much does that help a guy get on the field at a young age um at that position oh it's huge you know when you can be an every down guy um it it's either going to happen for you fairly early or it might not happen I I think there's there's a piece to understanding the game it doesn't come to every running back seeing a big picture seeing understanding protections even having The Knack for protecting isn't uh always an acquired skill so you know I think his we knew his receiver skills were really good he demonstrated that his ball catching in high school was was there um I think a lot of people maybe even looked at him as a receiver uh when we saw him as a running back in in part because of all the things that he brought to the table he'd been physical when he would play defense um so you know he's just he's been on a different pace than most running young running backs with obviously his ability to run is one thing but just his his understanding um you know his ability to put the weight on he's put on I think it's just uh you know his Ascension I this just didn't happen we've kind of seen this all through the the calendar year um thought he had a great spring and that was again setting himself up to be this every down back uh so exciting for him you know I think exciting for a program that he's done the things that he's done and you know I It's Our Hope and I'm sure his that this is just a start and last thing for me just playing in another hot one I know that you guys are sort of acclimated to this at this point but uh what's the dynamic like just going on two straight relatively long road trips to open the season yeah different for sure um and at the same time I think going through last week's experience uh making that trip and we had a pretty Flawless trip as far as air travel and all that kind of stuff um we dealt with the heat pretty well now the second half with the wind and the the weather changing wasn't as Extreme as the first half ADV B so I I know looking at this week um you know they put this game at at 800 PM for a reason I think the high in the day is going to be uh 100 plus I I game time is going to be what it is the sun obviously won't be the same factor that it was you know in the the first part of uh the New Mexico game but I do think it helps having these back to back um you know I think for our fans to have our home game our our first home game be our third game is is unusual but uh you know by the time we come home that next week I think you'll have a good sense of who we are and I know we traveled really well to Albuquerque I hope it's the same this week I I I've heard a lot of fans tell me they were going to make a a double trip of it you know um you know they're down south anyways just move a little West so I I I hope we have a big crowd there and and that always fuels us on the road so you know it is what it is it's our schedule and we'll take it on I do think last week's travel the Heat and all that will definitely help us out uh this second time around it's not going to be too bad it's going to be about 94 degrees uh at kickoff at 8 o'clock Saturday you'll enjoy that yep yeah it was hot that that that first half of last week so 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